This game covers 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Qc7!?. The mainline 8.Bxf6 is probably very slightly better for White but I am choosing an aggressive option that forces Black to find only moves repeatedly in order to survive with a draw. White has no way to lose this.

Of course. This analysis will be posted when I have time. I'm still working on my lines against the Caro, and might switch to mainlines (I've been playing the Advance variation for a while now) or Panov-Botvinnik attack.

its weird to see such sharp lines agains the sicilian, and in comparison the tarrasch french and scotch game. What do you exactly base your opening choices off?

One would hope his style of play. Popularity and statistics are the WORST thing to base your openings off of. If the Najdorf scores 48%, and the Scandinavian scores 41% (Numbers are hypothetical), but the Najdorf makes no sense to you, and the Scandinavian is crystal clear to you, you understand it, and you're all over it like white on rice, then while the Najdorf may have better statistics, I'd bet you the Scandinavian would have better statistics for all games in which specifically you have Black!

Therefore, I'm not embarassed to be currently playing the Veresov as White and Modern Defense as Black. I've played many other openings. e4, d4, c4, b4, b3, f4, Nf3, Nc3, g3, etc as White (I consider 1.g3 my second option, and do play it here and there) and the Sicilian, French, 1...e5, Caro-Kann, Scandinavian, King's Indian, Nimzo-Indian, QGD, Slav, Semi-Slav, Dutch, etc as Black, but if my personal best results come in the Modern, why not play it? Because the statistics are a little worse at the GM level? Try telling that to Nigel Davies, Jon Speelman, Duncan Suttles, and other GM Advocates of the Modern!

its weird to see such sharp lines agains the sicilian, and in comparison the tarrasch french and scotch game. What do you exactly base your opening choices off?

One would hope his style of play. Popularity and statistics are the WORST thing to base your openings off of. If the Najdorf scores 48%, and the Scandinavian scores 41% (Numbers are hypothetical), but the Najdorf makes no sense to you, and the Scandinavian is crystal clear to you, you understand it, and you're all over it like white on rice, then while the Najdorf may have better statistics, I'd bet you the Scandinavian would have better statistics for all games in which specifically you have Black!

Therefore, I'm not embarassed to be currently playing the Veresov as White and Modern Defense as Black. I've played many other openings. e4, d4, c4, b4, b3, f4, Nf3, Nc3, g3, etc as White (I consider 1.g3 my second option, and do play it here and there) and the Sicilian, French, 1...e5, Caro-Kann, Scandinavian, King's Indian, Nimzo-Indian, QGD, Slav, Semi-Slav, Dutch, etc as Black, but if my personal best results come in the Modern, why not play it? Because the statistics are a little worse at the GM level? Try telling that to Nigel Davies, Jon Speelman, Duncan Suttles, and other GM Advocates of the Modern!

Are you joking? the Modern is very difficult to understand and play. And white can just play 3. c4 and get a nice space advantage...

The Tarrasch is extremely sharp and requires very accurate play from Black to survive the opening in the 3...Nf6 lines, accurate positional and tactical play in the 3...c5 variation, and patience and accurate play to not drift into a losing position in the 3...dxe4 variation. White has a lot of forced wins. I don't see how you don't think it's sharp.

The Scotch gambit can be quite sharp as well, but I'm actually just very drawn to the line I play against the Two Knights. Unfortunately, I don't have much against 4...Bc5. I've tried castling there, but if Black plays 5...d6 White is just worse. 5.c3 is the only move that makes sense I think, but after 5...Nf6 the game is either boring or I have to sacrifice something with no solid compensation. At least I can go into a risk-free ending.

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